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"Chinua Achebe" (21 results)
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown picks Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart. With archive contributions from Chimamanda Ngozi Ad...
Nigerian poet and novelist Ben Okri pays tribute to his celebrated countryman Chinua Achebe, who has died aged 82. A novelist, essayist and poet, A...
Alastair Niven and Nana Wilson-Tagoe discuss Chinua Achebe and his capacity to portray corruption whilst offering seeds of hope.
Richard Dowden, director of the Royal African Society, joins African novelist Chinua Achebe on his first trip back to his homeland of Nigeria f...
The work of Chinua Achebe, in his own words, and in the words of those who knew him.
Rajan Datar and guests discuss Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author, academic and advocate of African fiction.
Zina Saro-Wiwa explores the legacy of Africa's first great post-colonial novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
In 1958 Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe published his first book, it would revolutionise African culture and was the ...
After a car crash that left Achebe needing medical care available only in the West. Here he has granted a rare and profound interview to celebrated a...
Chuk Iwuji reads from Chinua Achebe's classic novel, abridged by Jane Marshall.
Chinua Achebe's classic novel depicting 1890s pre-colonial Igbo life, dramatised by Biyi Bandele.
Paul Gambaccini chooses Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
Julie Bindel's chooses Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
Louise Doughty is joined by actress Jan Ravens and novelist Anne Enright to discuss paperbacks by JG Farrell, Margaret Forster and ...
A 60th anniversary reading of Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe and abridged by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Publishing Director a...
Chinua ACHEBE is one of Africa's foremost writers. At home in Ogidi, E. Nigeria, He discusses the roots of his stories & his portrayal of both soph- isti...
Zoe Wicomb was born and raised in South Africa and has lived in Scotland since 1994. She's taught in the Department of English Studies at ...
As London's Southbank Centre prepares to stage a day-long live reading of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe's epoch-defining African novel Things Fall Ap...
British-based Gospel singer and broadcaster Muyiwa Olarewaju tells the story of his search for a father. Muyiwa reflects upon the ...
America's government health insurance programme Medicare came into force in July 1966. Plus, Chinua Achebe's seminal African novel Things Fall Ap...
Classicist Professor Edith Hall, New Generation Thinker Chris Kissane, novelist Elif Shafak, and Dr Alan Mendoza from the Henry Jackson...
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